Chapter 564 - 167 Encounter_2
"How could that be possible?" Princess Yongning also found it strange. She pondered for a moment, her eyebrows raised high, and said, "Perhaps they’re keeping a mistress there. Come on, let’s go in and take a look."
"If we rashly enter, won’t Eldest Young Master Li become angry? What if there are secrets inside..." Mei Xiang was still hesitating. Yongning glared at her, "What right does he have to be angry? I have married into their family, so naturally, I can look wherever I want. Besides, what does it matter if there are secrets? Does he think he can hide them from me? The more they want to hide, the more I want to see clearly what the Li Family is plotting behind my back!" She said this and, pushing Mei Xiang aside, pushed the door open and went inside herself.
Mei Xiang felt helpless. Before, when Princess Yongning found out she was pregnant, she had reined in her temper for a while. But now that she had married into the Li Family, and the wedding night had passed without issue, her temperament had revealed itself again, not knowing to bow her head, even more arrogant than before.
Mei Xiang followed her in and saw Princess Yongning standing at the door with a furrowed brow, not proceeding further. Mei Xiang looked inside and saw a room like a study, but there was also a bed in it. It was surprisingly spacious, comparable to the large courtyards they were used to. Here, one could live without any problem in regards to food and clothing.
But what was surprising was not this but the fact that there were many people inside. They were all young teenagers or children, dressed like well-off servants, all frail and delicate in appearance.
Princess Yongning frowned. The absence of any maid in the room was unexpected. She turned to the child standing closest to her. The child looked to be only eight or nine years old, staring blankly at Princess Yongning and Mei Xiang, as if he did not recognize them. He neither greeted them nor spoke, making her wonder if he was mute.
"Who are you?" Princess Yongning asked him.
Still gazing at her dumbfounded, the child remained silent. Just as Princess Yongning was about to get angry, another slightly older boy suddenly pulled the child aside, pointed to his own mouth, and shook his head.
"Your Highness, it seems they are mute," Mei Xiang realized.